differentiate between liverworts and hornworts

Dear Student, Please find below the solution of your asked query: Although they look similar to thalloid liverworts, hornworts differ in four important ways: 1.Most hornworts trap sunlight with only one or two massive chloroplasts in each of their cells while liverworts have dozens of chloroplasts. 2. Their chloroplasts can store carbon dioxide, a vital raw material for photosynthesis while that of liverworts cannot. 3. They never have oil bodies in their cells, at least 90% of liverworts have oil bodies. 4. Hornwort capsules continue to make and shed new spores for weeks but a liverwort spore capsule usually sheds all its spores within a few hours. Hope this information clears your doubts about the concerned topic. Keep asking!! Regards

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